Chapter 463 Artillery Battle
Zhan Peng's speed is so fast, it can reach three hundred kilometers in an hour, but the second prince's Zhan Peng team only dares to fly to a speed of two hundred kilometers, and this is still when wearing protective clothing.
Departing early in the morning, when night was approaching, two hundred great blackbirds immediately shrouded the sky over the southern city of Heihai.
One by one, the dark shadows made the night come early.
"Ah~ This is a divine bird?" The soldiers at the head of the city immediately exclaimed, and there were no more than ten soldiers in the entire Simon Kingdom. He had only seen it once, but now hundreds of great divine birds were almost all over the sky.
Soon Tholer also came to the watchtower on the city wall, and when he saw the military flag of the 03rd Legion and the flag of the Royal Guard, he immediately understood.
"Quickly open the city gate, and everyone will follow me out of the city to greet His Royal Highness the Second Prince!" Thole said excitedly that when Chinese New Year's Eve Zhan Peng destroyed most of the artillery of the Northern Mao Army with just one blow, otherwise Simon would have been greatly injured in that battle.
The Zhan Peng team did not enter the city directly, but slowly landed at the city gate. This is out of etiquette, even if the empire is on the side of the power, the basic Lide Second Prince does not dare to forget!
There is no corrupt deceptive education, and the two princes do not have those hypocritical and arrogant problems. Under the influence of Chen Xiong, the two princes also had various objective ideas in later generations.
"Simon's Prime Minister Sulle, meet the second prince, the empire will last forever." The once proud Soller, this time I also met willingly! The strength of the empire is no longer something to be said in words.
After the second prince returned the salute indifferently, he said: "There is a blind date with the country, and before the arrival of the army, the monarch will be disturbed." ”
"The second prince is serious, this is Simon's luck." The young second prince, easy-going and polite, also let Sofa see part of the shadow of the emperor.
Then the two hundred Zhan Peng were divided into two, most of them flew directly into the city, and dozens of Zhan Peng followed the second prince and walked into the city gate step by step.
Fortunately, the city gate was tall enough, and Zhan Peng lowered his head and passed smoothly.
Knock ~ Knock ~ Knock ~ Sensing the vibration of the stone road behind him, Shawle's emotions were more complicated.
Several of Simon's Warlords can only be used for communication with the Empire and for managing overseas colonies, and their Warborns will not participate in any battles!
Not to mention the bazooka and bomb on Zhan Peng's back, with Zhan Peng's physique and sharp claws alone, it is not something that a few armies can resist.
"It's really too tall!" After the elephant-like Zhanpeng big black bird was gone, the Meng soldiers of the city head couldn't help but sigh.
The day after the second prince arrived in Caspian South City ahead of schedule, the artillery battle in King Simon's city was about to begin.
"All ready, they will fire as soon as they stop!" Grande and the chief general were the front-line commanders of this offensive and defensive battle, and he was even more good at commanding artillery battles after going to the Imperial Military Academy for more than two years.
The 100,000 new troops of Northern Mao had 60 110-mm rear-loading guns, and the firing range also reached five kilometers.
The 88 Haumi field guns are full of 150 guns, but the range of the field guns is only 3 kilometers, which is the same as the 75mm mountain guns of the Simon Empire.
Simon's artilleryman, equipped with a ruler, quickly determined the distance coordinates. As soon as Maozi's artillery stopped, thirty field guns immediately roared.
Boom~ The city walls trembled up and down, and the huge sound almost made my ears burst.
As soon as the fire lit up, Grand Duke Gonov immediately frowned: "Can the artillery of the Simon people shoot five miles!" ”
Soon he knew the answer.
Boom ~ Boom ~ Even though the sixty heavy guns were very open, they were hit by twenty in one round. Fortunately, the ammunition was not pushed up, otherwise the entire artillery group would have been killed or wounded.
"Damn! Shoot back! "The heavy artillery officer was also very surprised, and the Simon artillery was not inferior to them!
Seeing that the artillery of Beimaozi was brutally murdered, the fifty twelve-pounder guns of the Ottoman Empire are now also in a dilemma! Their twelve-pounder guns had a range of just over three kilometers, but a five-kilometer line was not something they dared to cross!
"Shoot the gun." Almost at the same time, the heavy artillery of the two armies was again in full swing.
Boom~ Even if the fortifications blocked, the fort was also bombarded into pieces. The firing of forty guns and thirty guns was almost a defeat for both sides, and almost ten guns were damaged on both sides. However, the artillery part of the Simon Kingdom can still be repaired, but Maozi's heavy artillery is not blocked by fortifications, and it is impossible to repair it at all.
"Aim faster!" It only took two rounds to lose a third of the heavy artillery, which also made Grand and the main general very heartbroken! Fortunately, he hid in the inner layer of the battery, otherwise he would have been killed by the same bombardment as the other artillerymen.
Grand Duke Gonov was also very distressed, sixty heavy guns were very difficult to buy! But now half of it has been lost!
"Commander Bursa, let your artillery advance and bombard!"
Bursa, who originally wanted to be invisible, could only immediately give the order and let the artillery attack!
At the command, the Ottoman army's fifty twelve-pounder guns were slowly pushed towards the city wall.
Boom~ The third round of confrontation also began, perhaps due to the influence of smoke and dust or nervousness, both sides only lost a few artillery pieces in this round.
Seeing that Simon's heavy artillery batteries were getting fewer and fewer, the heartbroken Grand Duke Gonov also laughed! In addition to the heavy artillery, their field artillery was enough to have 150 pieces, and the field artillery with a range of three miles was enough to slowly break the will of Simon's army.
Boom ~ Boom ~ After the fourth round of artillery battles, there are only nine main batteries that can be used by the Simon Kingdom, but there are still twenty heavy artillery pieces of the Northern Mao Army.
However, the remaining batteries are located in the second column, and under the problem of firing angle, it is difficult for Maozi to shoot accurately.
The main guns were fired every minute or two, and the 100 twelve-pounder guns drawn by the Ottomans on horseback also began to stop their formations.
"Mountain artillery prepare, kill them first!" The twelve-pounder cannon was enough to threaten the city, and Grand and the main general could not ignore them.
As soon as the big wooden shield was withdrawn, there were more cannon ports on the city.
"Humph! Sure enough, I was prepared! Gonov sneered! It was right to let the Ottomans test it.
Grand Duke Gonov was happy, but the Bursa Dongshuai was terrified! Now retreat is impossible! I just hope to have the upper hand in the artillery battle!
Boom Boom Boom ~ Soon a hundred mountain cannons also began to bombard, and the soldiers on the entire city wall experienced an amazing sense of vibration.
"Ah~ damn it!" I didn't expect it to be so soon, and when I saw the fire, the Ottoman artillerymen also regretted it!
Boom ~ Boom ~ A large army of 100 artillery pieces accurately bombarded the Ottoman artillery position, and the flames rushed to the world, and only 40 of the 100 artillery pieces were intact.
There are still twenty guns that can still be used when they stand up, but the surrounding artillery is already lying on the ground.
"Charge fire!" The angry and panicked general could only shout hard!
Boom~ After two rounds of shelling, there were only nine heavy artillery pieces left in Maozi, and there was only one fort in the Simon Kingdom.
"Open Gun ~ Open Gun ~"
Boom Boom Boom ~ The angry iron ball immediately flew out.
It has to be said that the technology of the Ottoman artillery was also good, and most of the iron balls were smashed around the mountain artillery. However, after the iron ball flew for three kilometers, its kinetic energy was greatly reduced, and most of it was also stopped by the surrounding reinforced concrete.
"Good! That's it! The commander of Bursa also laughed happily, the city was full of dust, and he also estimated that Simon's people had lost a lot.